Julius Dressler watering can, ca. 1900-1910.

Watering can JULIUS DRESSLER, ca. 1900-1910.
Glazed ceramic.
With signature on the reverse.
Measurements: 27,5 x 26,5 x 15 cm.

Vintage Art Nouveau style watering can manufactured by the prestigious Bohemian ceramic firm Julius Dressler. It is decorated with borders, medallions, scrolls and sinuous delicacies in the Art Nouveau style. The finish combines emerald, red and gold tones.

Julius Dressler was an important Bohemian ceramics company that operated from the end of the 19th century until the end of World War II. Founded by Julius Dressler in the 1880s in Biela (Tetschen-Bodenbach) in northern Bohemia, the company produced high-quality decorative earthenware, majolica and porcelain. Dressler became internationally renowned for the ceramics it produced in the early 20th century in the Art Nouveau style, also known as "Jugendstil" or "Secessionist". By 1920, the Dressler company became part of the EPIAG, a consortium of independent companies created in 1918 to promote Bohemian ceramics. The Dressler company closed at the end of World War II in 1944 or 1945.